Top 11 Quotes & Sayings by Martha Washington

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American first lady Martha Washington.

Last updated on November 5, 2024.

Martha Dandridge Custis Washington was the wife of George Washington, the first president of the United States. Although the title was not coined until after her death, Martha Washington served as the inaugural first lady of the United States. During her lifetime, she was often referred to as "Lady Washington".

American - First lady | June 2, 1731 - May 22, 1802

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I live a very dull life here... indeed I think I am more like a state prisoner than anything else.

Martha Washington

The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not our circumstances.

Martha Washington

I've learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances.

Martha Washington

I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself. For I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition.

Martha Washington

The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances. We carry the seeds of the one or the other about with us in our minds wherever we go.

Martha Washington

I very linearly [sic] wish you would exert yourself so as to keep all your matters in order your self without depending on others as that is the only way to be happy to have all your business in your own hands.

Martha Washington

Keep your business affairs in your own hands. It's the only way to be happy.

Martha Washington

We carry the seeds of happiness with us wherever we go.

Martha Washington

I am still determined to be cheerful and to be happy in whatever situation I may be, for I have also learnt from experianence that the greater part of our happiness or misary depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances; we carry the seeds of the one, or the other about with us, in our minds, wherever we go.

Martha Washington

I am only fond of what comes from the heart.

Martha Washington

I am still determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may be.

Martha Washington